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by Pat
on Sep 22nd, 2009

I Wanna Rock!

ROCK!

(Der d-der derrrr… der d-der derrr… derrr)

I wanna rock! (ROCK!)

(Der d-der derrrr… der d-der derrr… derrr… derrr)

“Turn it down” you say
Well all I gotta say to you is time and time again I say “No!” (NO!)
No no no…

Pat

Feeling: Fidgety
Song in Head: Twisted Sister – I Wanna Rock. And now you have too. :-)
Apps Ignored in My Facebook Feed Today: 2

by Pat
on Sep 21st, 2009

Dave Smith, I Salute You

This is the best find on the Net in a long time!

An awesome, yet incredibly simple, yet incredibly addictive audio sequencer type thingy:

Tone Matrix by André Michelle.

Just click on one of the squares to activate/deactivate that note. You can also just Ctrl+C your grid and paste it into, say, notepad to save your “tune”.

And then Ctrl+V it back in.

I recommend this, it’s a great tune:

0,32768,49152,45536,14864,17608,37576,37392,
39624,17608,14864,2528,3072,3584,1024,0

Wooh!

Pat

by Pat
on Sep 21st, 2009

A Note to Facebookers

Hello you!

DISCLAIMER:This message will hopefully not apply to you, and you may well say “Well, derrrr”. If that’s the case, I shake you by your digital hand. If not, then please take heed, and apologies for the condescension.

No one likes crank calls, or having their mobile phone receive lots of spam texts.

Well, if you’re a Facebook user, here’s a way to help avoid them:

  1. If a friend of yours loses their phone and creates a group on Facebook to explain that they’ve lost their phone and your phone number (often named “I got bladdered and left my phone in [Insert Place Here] – numbers plz!”) – don’t post on that group with your phone number. Ever. Even if it’s a secret group.
  2. That’s it.

“Why not, Sculliano?”

Well, if it’s an Open group then anyone with a Facebook account who searches for “lost my phone” with find that group and see your phone number on your “here’s my number!” post.

If it’s a Closed group, the same might apply depending on how much info is shared to non-group invitees. Closed is a middle ground between Open and Secret.

If it’s a Secret group, anyone invited to that group can see your phone number on your “you plonker. my number is:” post. Do you know all of your friend’s friends? You happy for them all to have your number? O RLY?

“Well, smart arse, how to solve it?”

Allow me to enlighten you:

  • Send a Facebook message the person who’s lost their phone with your phone number., or:
  • If they’ve got a new phone / phone number: text them your phone number.

Sorry if this seems obvious, alas I’ve seen this umpteen times, and some people I know have done this.

Just be careful, folks!

Toodles,

Pat a.k.a. Protect Your Data man

Feeling: Like a weight is off his shoulders
Song in Head: Journey – Don’t Stop Believing
Facebook Apps Hidden from my feed today: 1

by Pat
on Sep 20th, 2009

THE CUBE

Best. Saturday. Evening. Telly. EVER.

And now, the most difficult thing I’ve had to say in the past few years:

Make sure you watch ITV1 next Saturday from 7pm to see it!

….

….

…has anyone got any vodka? I feel the need to get drunk after that.

Pat

Feeling: Good, ta
Song in Head: Lots of ROCK tunes (listening through old Squage ROCKS stuff)
Facebook Apps Hidden from my feed today: 1

by Squage
on Sep 19th, 2009

A Note From Squage

Hello, Squage here writing for Pat to let you know about something:

The Questionable Content net cartoon.

It’s been going for years, long before Pat and I went on our Oz travelling trip together, but Pat’s only recently been made aware of it (he was probably also told about this years ago, but you know what his memory’s like).

It’s his new favourite toon. Funny, touching, nerdy, well drawn, featuring characters you actually grow to care about. It’s basically the sort of thing he’d love to come up with. Go read!

Why am I writing this and Pat isn’t?

Because Pat’s still stuck to his chair following that AMAZING DERREN BROWN STUNT.

Oh, no, wait, no.

No he isn’t.

(What was the real point of that, I wonder? Ratings grabbing? Cos it was a damned success if so)

See ya,

Squage

Feeling: Ooh what do I write in here? I guess I’m… good, thanks!
Song in Head: Some terrible party music gumph that Pat’s playing

by Pat
on Sep 18th, 2009

It’s The Future Calling

We were discussing married life, the future of relationships and so on at lunch today (it was far less mature than it sounds), which for some reason lead me to think of the world’s most awesomely cheesy and cringeworthy chat up line / proposal:

(To be said in the style you’d imagine Family Guy’s Stewie saying to Brian, probably followed by Brian hitting him)

[Put phone to ear] Hello? Why yes, hang on…
[Lower phone, put hand over mouthpiece, look at other person] Hey, It’s the future. It’s for you and me.

Ahthankyou.

Pat

Feeling: Happy, as it’s Friday and he’s going to be sharing the EuroMillions jackpot tonight.
Song in Head: Bananarama – Robert De Niro

by Pat
on Sep 17th, 2009

Blimey…

…about 3 years ago, I was living at my folks house (having left my shared lodgings in Brentwood), preparing for my epic travelling adventure and considering just how to word my “I’m technically resigning but please keep me on file cos I’d quite like a job when I get back thanks very much” letter.

In fact, more accurately, I was just getting my travel insurance sorted, booking my jabs and in the process of sorting out hotels. As this blog entry shows.

Scary that it’s three years ago.

For some it may have flown past, but for me, in honesty, it actually feels like a lifetime ago. The past two years have flown, but that 8 months of travelling before it felt like forever.

Time? Linear? Shurely some mishtake!

So, here’s some nostalgia-creation for you on this Thursday evening / Friday morning: Where were you three years ago? What were you doing?

Toodles,

Pat

Feeling: Excited about various holidays over the next 6 months, including a potential 3 weeks in the place I was planning to go to about 3 years ago…
Song in Head: Dire Straights – Sultans of Swing (I’m organising my playout system, and currently working on the Squage Party section :-) )

by Pat
on Sep 16th, 2009

Having a Bad Memory Sucks

I was going to write something good today, but I’ve forgotten what I was going to write about.

I have a terrible memory.

But what’s worse is that I have a terrible…. sense of humour. Ha haaa! :)

Pat

Feeling: Ok
Song in Head: Mister Mister – Broken Wings

by Pat
on Sep 15th, 2009

Various Things

Oops! Yet again another week passes with no blog.

My excuse this time is that it was Lev’s stag do at the weekend, and I was tasked with organising it. Not much of an excuse, but certainly better than my usual “Oh, man, I was supposed to do daily blogs wasn’t I?” :)

Anyways, let’s fill you in on some things from the past week:

10th Mika Vs David Brent
You may have already seen this, and if you have, you should see it again. If you haven’t yet seen this, you should see this IMMEDIATELY.

What is this, this thing I am talking of?

Why: this.

11th Lev’s Stag Do – Starter Evening
I can’t play poker for toffee, or chips, or anything for that matter. However, I do have the ability to find Guinness-branded playing cards very funny, purely due to such awesome images as this on the royal cards:

For some reason RTJ and myself found the earnest repetition of “My Goodness. My Guinness!” one of the funniest things in the world that evening.

We may have been drinking.

12th Lev’s Stag Do – The Main Event!
What a mental, beery, awesome day. Thanks all for coming! STAAAAAAAAAAAAAG.

13th Oh, Go On Then…
Today, in my slightly hungover state, I decided to reinstate Squage Party. It’s back in October (exact date TBC) and will be only an hour long – but it’s back none the less, and will be every week this time. Wooh! If you want to Stay Informed, send an email to party at squage dot com requesting such a thing – or trundle to (and join) the Facebook Group. A proper web site will be made soon, I promise!

14th Kanye West is a Tool
I liked his first two albums. Then I saw him on some TV shows. Now I’ve seen him do this to Taylor Swift. He’s going to have to release something pretty frigging amazing to make me buy any more of his stuff. Mind you, he is the self-proclaimed Son of God, so I guess it’ll be pretty damned awesome. Hmm, “damned” is probably the wrong word to use in describing the work of the Son of God. Er… can we say “probably fictional”? Can I get away with that? No? Damn. ;-)

15th RIP Patrick
Sad day, today. Patrick Swayze has passed away, finally losing his 20 month battle with pancreatic cancer. You were a legend, sir. I salute you.

Go on, have a listen to this. Then go and watch this to make up for it. The sky diving scenes? Yep, that’s him. What a legend.

Sad day.

See ya,

Pat

Feeling: Kinda sad
Song in Head: Swayze – She’s Like The Wind

by Pat
on Sep 9th, 2009

090909

  • I was wondering what I might write for today.
  • A blog written on “the date of three nines”.
  • If I were to do something really clever indeed,
  • It would put me up on cloud number nine.
  • But a blog just about nine? What to say?
  • I could rhyme nine – make a nice “nine rhyme”.
  • No, I shall do something a bit more fitting:
  • Through writing nine lines of nine (words, that is).
  • But how many times to mention nine? Nine? Yeah.

Feeling: Hungry
Song in Head: Some generic dance from a dance compilation CD

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